Clan Gritak

Clan Gritak was a skaven Warlord Clan. ^[1a]

History

More than 700 years before Sigmar, the skaven first discovered the hold and realising that it was far too strong to assault directly, the Council of Thirteen formulated a long term plan to see it fall. Both Clan Gritak and Clan Mors were tasked with burrowing beneath the city and into its deep well - this they did though it took over a century. ^{[6a] [1a]}

The Skaven brought up warpstone from the hidden depths, or perhaps they had found it in the ash spewed from the volcanoes and using the tunnels dug over a century fed them into the wells and subterranean rivers feeding the city's water supplies, and terribly polluted them. ^[1a]

The skaven held the lower levels only at first as the dwarf defence was fierce and it was only when they unleashed the deadly poison wind that they could break through. The next few weeks saw the remaining dwarfs steadily driven upwards and soon only a few hundred were left. Acknowledging their defeat, the Dwarfs finally abandoned the city, after sealing up the sacred shrines and whatever treasures they could not take with them. ^[1a]

The two clans fought a brutal war against the Orcs & Goblins and during a battle in the ceremonial halls, Clan Mors collapsed the roof, sealing the skaven levels from the greenskins. Notably Clan Mors neglected to tell Clan Gritak and enslaved those few who surived the destruction, giving them sole ownership of the lower levels. ^[1a]

Sources

• 1: Warhammer Armies: Skaven (4th Edition)
  • 1a: The Under-Empire, pg. 7